Newbery Challenge

I love children's books. This should come as no surprise if you follow me on here, twitter, or goodreads. From a very early age, my mom taught me to look for children's books with giant foil stickers on the cover to find the best of the best. That's stuck with me for a really long time.

My co-workers and I had our own Mock Newbery discussion (mentioned here) and it is my dream to serve on the Newbery or Printz selection committee someday.

The other day I found a Newbery book I haven't yet read on audiobook and decided to check it out. I decided it'd be a fun challenge to read every Newbery award winning book since the year I was born. I figure it'll take 5-6 years to get through them all, and I plan to read all the future winners, so 5 books a year doesn't sound too difficult.

Without further adeiu, here's the list:

2014	Flora and Ulysses		Kate DiCamillo--Oct. 13
2013	The One and Only Ivan		Katherine Applegate--Jan. 13
2012	Dead End in Norvelt		Jack Gantos
2011	Moon Over Manifest		Clare Vanderpool
2010	When You Reach Me		Rebecca Stead--Jun. 12
2009	The Graveyard Book		Neil Gaiman
2008	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!		Laura Amy Schlitz
2007	The Higher Power of Lucky		Susan Patron
2006	Criss Cross		Lynne Rae Perkins
2005	Kira-Kira		Cynthia Kadohata
2004	The Tale of Despereaux		Kate DiCamillo--Apr. 07
2003	Crispin: The Cross of Lead		Avi
2002	A Single Shard		Linda Sue Park--Jun. 12
2001	A Year Down Yonder		Richard Peck
2000	Bud, Not Buddy		Christopher Paul Curtis
1999	Holes		Louis Sachar
1998	Out of the Dust		Karen Hesse
1997	The View from Saturday		E.L. Konigsburg
1996	The Midwife's Apprentice		Karen Cushman
1995	Walk Two Moons		Sharon Creech
1994	The Giver		Lois Lowry--1994
1993	Missing May		Cynthia Rylant
1992	Shiloh		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1991	Maniac Magee		Jerry Spinelli
1990	Number the Stars		Lois Lowry--1995
1989	Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices		Paul Fleischman
1988	Lincoln: A Photobiography		Russell Freedman
1987	The Whipping Boy		Sid Fleischman
1986	Sarah, Plain and Tall		Patricia MacLachlan--Jun. 12
1985	The Hero and the Crown		Robin McKinley
1984	Dear Mr. Henshaw		Beverly Cleary
1983	Dicey's Song		Cynthia Voigt

Let me know if you want to join in! I'll be making a separate page to chronicle my progress!